Aviation regulator DGCA postpones deadline for new rules on pilot rest and duty hours

Bangalore: India’s aviation regulator has postponed the June 1 deadline for airlines to adopt new rules on pilot rest and duty hours, a notice on its website showed, without giving a reason or a new target date. Tuesday’s news comes after The Economic Times last month reported a warning from a major airline lobby group … Read more

Will the rest of India follow Bengaluru’s lead? The country’s reservoir water storage rate is only 38%

India faces water crisis with reservoirs holding only 38% water before summer New Delhi: Data show that before the arrival of summer, the active storage capacity of India’s 150 major reservoirs accounted for only 38% of the total storage capacity, which is lower than the average level for the same period in the past decade. … Read more